The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-21
* on hand and on shipboard

to-day contamination ........... $500 OS,o9S
Receipts same day last year. 466 1885
FINANo1AL-Money is in active demand, with
an ample supply
ers are buying sight drafts at "a per cent dis
count. and selling at IA per cent discount to par.
Foreign Erchdnge-The market is steadier.
Commercial demand 81 S294 sixty days, 81 1884
ninety days, 81 N francs, Paris and Havre,
commercial, sixty days, 50 3S14; Swiss, 30 va I;
marks ninety days, "a.
SECURITIES There is some demand for Cen
trail railroad stock and debentures and for long
date bonds.
lanta per cent long date, los bid, 10 asked {;
Atlanta per cent, 11S bid, 121 asked; Augusta
Z per cent long date, 115 bid, 115 asked; Au-
gista 6s long date, 10S bid, 10 asked Columbus
per cent, 100 bid, 105 asked Macon per cent,
III bid, 112 asked; new Savannah per cent
January coupons, 100 bid, 101 asked; new
Savannah per cent. November coupons, 1Ol
bid, 1919 asked.
State Bonds-Market steady, with light sup
ply. Georgia new Is, 1899, l01 bid, 102 asked;
Georgia new 415s, 105 bid, 106 asked Geor-
gia per cent gold, quarterly coupons, 10334
bid, 105 asked; Georgia per cent, coupons
January and July, maturity 1896, 100 bid, 12l
asked.
Railroad Stocks-Central common 100 bid,
i2l asked Augusta and Savannah { per cent
guaranteed, 1871 bid, 1870 asked; Georgia COM
mon, 1876 bid, 1917 asked; Southwestern z per
cent guaranteed, 125I9 bid. 12616 asked; Central
per cent certificates, 100 bid, 1OO1a asked; At
obCSiAF
III asked; Atlanta and West Point per cent
certificates, 103 bid 1914 asked
Railroad BOnds-Market quiet. Savannah,
Florida and Western Railway Company general
mortgage per cent interest, coupons October,
ia bid, l16 asked; Atlantic and Gulf first mort
gage consolidated per cent, coupons Janu-
airy and July, maturity 1897, ia bid, 10
asked; Central consolidated mortgage per
cent, coupons January aud July, maturity 1888,
100 bid, 1l01h asked; Georgia railroad 6s, 1897,
l06 bid 10s asked; Mobile and Girard second
mortgage Endorsed per cent, coupons January
aud July. maturity, 1899, 102 bid, 10315 asked {;
Montgomery and Eufaua first mortgage 6 per
cent, Endorsed by Central railroad, 1861 bid,
lOS asked; Marietta and North Georgia hrst
mortgage, 90 years, per cent, 100 bid, l0l1a
asked; Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta first
mortgage Ill bid, 112 asked Charlotte, Co
lumbia ahd Augusta second mortgage, ITO
asked; Western Alabama second mortgage
Endorsed per cent JOG bid, 107 asked; South
Georgia and Florida Endorsed, 1l5 bid, l20
asked; South Georgia and Florida second
mortgage, ia bid, 116 asked; Augusta and
Knoxville first mortgage Z per cent, II bid,
lll19 asked; Gainesville, jefferson and South,
ern first mortgage guaranteed, 115 bid, llo19
asked Gainesville, jefferson and Southern not
guaranteed, 113 asked; Ocean, Steamship
per cent bonds, guaranteed by Central
railroad, 1929 bid. 10311 asked; Gainesville,
Jefferson and Southern second mortgage
guaranteed, 113 asked; Columbus and
Rome first mortgage bonds, indorsed by Cen
trail railroad, l05 bid, 1O7 asked; Columbus
and Western per cent guaranteed, 1OT asked;
City and Suburban railway first mortgage per
cent, 107 bid, 100 asked.
Bank Stocks-Nominal Southern Bank of
the state of Georgia. 1913 bid, 2os asked; Mer
chants National Bank 1853 bid, 1862 asked; Sa
Vannah Bank and Trust Company, 10 bid, "
asked National Bank of Savannah, 100 bid
12l asked; Oglethorpe Savings and Trust Com
pany, 101 bid, 10S asked.
dividend 2015 bid, q asked; Mutual Gas Llght
stock, 20 bid. D asked